Education is on the cusp of a transformation because of recent scientific findings in neuroscience, psychology, and machine learning that are converging to create foundations for a new science of learning.
July 23, 2009
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EXCESSES OF SUCCESS: Mark Sanford, John Ensign, David Vitter, Mark Foley — why did they do it? U.
UW lauded by Arbor Day Foundation for tree management, environmental stewardship
For a number of years, UW has been a three-campus university; well, now it’s a tree campus university too.
Vanderbilt researcher, clinician named director of UW Autism Center
Wendy Stone, a researcher and clinician who has focused on the early identification of and early intervention with children with autism, has been named the new director of the UW’s Autism Center.
Henry Director Sylvia Wolf curates ‘Inside-Out: Portrait Photographs from the Permanent Collection’
For a new exhibition of photographic portraits from its own permanent collections, the Henry Art Gallery had a nationally known photography curator right at hand — its own director, Sylvia Wolf.
Visiting Spanish filmmaker helps students tell their own screen stories
When Jason Dallas signed up for a course this summer, the Spanish major probably didn’t expect to be watching a music video of his favorite band, El Canto del Loco, in class.
Four UW faculty win Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Four members of the UW faculty have received the 2009 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor given by the U.
Etc: News & notes from around campus
TREE WISDOM: Forest Resources Emeritus Professor Reinhard Stettler has a new book just published by UW Press entitled Cottonwood and the River of Time: On Trees, Evolution, and Society.
Screening for childhood depressive symptoms could start in second grade
New research indicates that screening children for symptoms of depression, the most common mental health disorder in the United States, can begin a lot earlier than previously thought, as early as the second grade.
Last week’s film mystery solved — Can you help identify the homebuilders in this one?
Editor’s Note: The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.
Disaster tip of the month: What to have right at hand
Editor’s note: The Emergency Management Division of the Washington Military Department is offering a tip a month to help people get prepared for a disaster.
Faculty, staff come together to help campus make way for ducklings — really!
In the 1941 children’s book, Make Way for Ducklings, Boston police decide to stop traffic so that a family of mallards can cross the road safely.
Ancient sea lamprey dramatically transforms its genome
Researchers have discovered that the sea lamprey, which emerged from jawless fish first appearing 500 million years ago, dramatically remodels its genome.
UW Medicine physicians among ‘Seattle’ magazine’s top docs
Sixty-five University of Washington faculty members were among the region’s top 386 physicians in Seattle magazine’s ninth annual top doctors survey.
‘U.S. News & World Report’ ranks UW Medical Center 12th among top hospitals
UW Medical Center (UWMC) is ranked among the nation’s top hospitals in U.
National leader in healthy aging comes to UW
By Judith Yarrow
UW Health Promotion Research Center
What brings a national leader in healthy aging across the country to share an office at the UW for the summer?
“I came here because the Seattle area has a unique configuration of academic, community and health care professionals working collaboratively to figure out how to improve population health among older people,” said Nancy Whitelaw, senior vice-president of the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and director of its Center for Healthy Aging.
July 22, 2009
UW researchers find heroin, cocaine top drug treatment admissions in King County; prescription-type opiates cause most deaths
A community workgroup led by University of Washington research scientist Caleb Banta-Green of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute unveiled today the King County 2008 annual drug trends report.
July 21, 2009
Screening for childhood depressive symptoms could start in second grade
New research indicates that screening children for symptoms of depression, the most common mental health disorder in the United States, can begin a lot earlier than previously thought, as early as the second grade.
This article will self-destruct: A tool to make online personal data vanish
Computers have made it virtually impossible to leave the past behind.
July 20, 2009
Sea lampreys jettison one-fifth of their genome
Researchers have discovered that the sea lamprey, which emerged from jawless fish first appearing 500 million years ago, dramatically remodels its genome.
July 16, 2009
University of Washington Medical Center ranks 12th in U.S. News Media Group’s 2009 edition of America’s Best Hospitals
University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) is ranked among the nation’s top hospitals in U.
Photo Gallery –The Science of Learning
The images below may be used to illustrate the news release about the new science of learning that researchers from the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego reported on in the July 17, 2009 edition of Science.
Learning is social, computational, supported by neural systems linking people
Education is on the cusp of a transformation because of recent scientific findings in neuroscience, psychology, and machine learning that are converging to create foundations for a new science of learning.
July 15, 2009
New study uses wastewater to map large-scale patterns of illicit drug use in Oregon
A team of researchers from the University of Washington, McGill University and Oregon State University has mapped patterns of illicit drug use across the state of Oregon using a method of sampling municipal wastewater before it is treated.
Vanderbilt researcher, clinician named director of UW Autism Center
Wendy Stone, a researcher and clinician who has focused on the early identification and early intervention for children with autism, has been named the new director of the University of Washington’s Autism Center.
July 9, 2009
Longevity pill on the horizon?
While applauding findings that an Easter Island compound extends the lives of middle-aged mice, University of Washington longevity researchers caution that healthy people shouldn’t start taking the drug in the hopes of extending their own life spans — at least not yet.
Western Washington appears poised for another extremely dry summer
If you feel as if Western Washington has had an unusually dry start to the summer this year, you’re not mistaken.
New director of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences on the job at UW Tacoma
Larry Knopp arrived at UW Tacoma recently to head Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, the largest of UW Tacoma’s academic programs.
Going mobile: UWTV branches out to YouTube, smart phones
People tune into UWTV for all manner of reasons — to watch reports on UW medical research, notable campus lectures, historical programming, to hear UW leaders addressing current issues, and much more.
Student rockers, athletes, cheerleaders, scientists all part of a summer of UW campus visitors
The Parapsychological Association, which studies psychic experiences and clairvoyance, will visit the UW this summer for a conference.
Learn about hearing loss at Speech and Hearing Clinic Program
The UW Speech and Hearing Clinic presents “Ear-responsible?” from 1 to 2 p.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Earth’s most prominent rainfall feature creeping northward
The rain band near the equator that determines the supply of fresh water to nearly a billion people throughout the tropics and subtropics has been creeping north for more than 300 years, probably because of a warmer world, according to research published in the July issue of Nature Geoscience.
UW Symphony’s July 23 concert canceled
The UW Symphony Orchestra’s performance for Thursday, July 23, has been canceled due to an unforseen problem.
UW researchers begin receiving stimulus money
Editor’s note: Federal stimulus money is starting to be distributed.
In-hospital CPR survival rates for elderly patients shows no improvement, study reports
A study of elderly patients receiving CPR in the hospital shows that rates of survival did not improve from 1992 to 2005.
Changes in brain architecture may be driven by different cognitive challenges
Scientists trying to understand how the brains of animals evolve have found that evolutionary changes in brain structure reflect the types of social interactions and environmental stimuli different species face.
UW remembers first minority affairs vice president with celebration of life
A celebration of the life of Samuel E.
Student-built rocket blasts more than two miles high
Eleven UW students are now able to say: “As a matter of fact, I am a rocket scientist.
Lost and found films: Will you accept this ‘Mission Impractical’?
Editor’s Note: The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.